Rice Krispies Pirate Treasure Chest - easy step by step instructions to make a pirate chest our of rice krispies treats, filled with popcorn and fruit leather map. Really easy food craft for a pirate theme birthday party!
RICE KRISPIES PIRATE TREASURE CHEST
Now that we have a boy, my Hubby is happy to be done with castle cakes and ready to go all in into boy themed cakes and treats. He designs them, I bake and together we assemble the pieces. When I told him that I need to make a party treat in either fairy or pirate theme - he voted for the pirate theme. With both hands. Can you tell he was excited? 🙂 Both of my boys love pirates!
After a little brainstorming, we came up with the idea of using rice krispies treats for two reasons: I have been making RKT's for the last two weeks and they are so easy to cut and stack and eventually build something from them.
Enter Pirate Treasure Chest. You may also like our Halloween treat: Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies Treats made with pumpkin marshmallows or my holiday fave: Peppermint Rice Krispies Treats. So good!
HOW TO MAKE A PIRATE CHEST OUR OF RICE KRISPIES TREATS?
Isn't it like the coolest thing made out of rice krispies treats you have ever seen? Yeah, we are quite proud of it. 🙂
THE RICE KRISPIES TREATS RECIPE:
You have to start with a good rice krispies treats recipe. I used my browned butter version because I love it and because it's delicious!
THE DIMENSIONS:
The recipe states to make it in a 9"x13" pan. For this treasure box you will need two pans: one 9"x13" and one 8"x8". The thicker one (square 8 inch) will be for the bottom of the box. The thinner one (9"x13") for the top. You can make 4 to 6 treasure boxes using the two pans.
This is our goal:
To make the bottom, you need to cut out a 4" by 3" rectangle from the thicker rice krispies treats. Using a sharp serrated knife, trim the edges slightly towards the center to make a trapezoid, to imitate the shape of a chest.
Place the bottom part of the chest over the thinner rice krispies treats and cut out the top for the chest, matching the dimensions. Trim the sides the same way, to make a box that looks like a treasure chest. Don't forget to eat the scraps - a bonus fun part of making this chest! 🙂
Make sure the bottom and the top of the chest match.
Now you need to cut out the inside of the bottom of the chest. Using a sharp paring knife, make cuts about ½" from the edge of the box. Cut out the inside and eat the scraps. You can use a spoon to scoop out the inside but we found the pairing knife works the best. Do not cut deeper than ½ inch.
Use the bottom of a small spoon to press down the sides of the inside of the box to make it smooth. It is very easy as the rice krispies treats are very easily shape-able. Now you have a box, ready for the final decorating.
DECORATING:
I used melted chocolate and a squeeze bottle to make the lines and the latch of the treasure chest. To make sure the lines match and you can still open the box, hold the box closed when making the lines and gently open right after you made the bottom lines. Make the latch with the box slightly open. You can fill the box with lots of treats, like little candy, M&M's, gold chocolate coins or white chocolate covered popcorn, as we did here. You can add a few drops of the melted chocolate in the back of the box to hold the top and bottom together, but we found it unnecessary.
ASSEMBLING:
These boxes really don't take much time to make and the kids love them! They are sure to be the hit of the party because they are fun, you can fill them with treats and they are 100% edible!! We also used fruit leather to make treasure maps! I remember seeing this idea in some cooking show and we thought it complements the box really well.
sylvia says
How long would you estimate it would take if you had to make 60 of these pirate chests? I am looking at doing them for a kids day camp
Mercedes L Harward says
I couldn't find the recipe for the the rice krispies?
Tina says
OMG these are the cutest thing ever! I am planning a Pirate Princess party for my daughter and will be including this with the treat bags! Brilliantly clever!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi Tina! I am so happy to hear that! If you have any questions along the way - let me know! I'd be happy to help!
Stacy says
So cute, Anna! I just adore the pirate theme with these fun treasure chests made of RKTs. I'm thinking there could be some Easter baskets filled with jelly beans, soon, at your house! 😉 Thank you for sharing, my friend. xo
Ramona says
These little treasure chests are so adorable. Well done!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Right! 🙂
Mom Chef says
I need you guys to help me design Dudette's cakes. She's always asking for Spiderman. 🙂 Of course, this year she's transitioned more to Tinkerbell, so maybe I'll get lucky and can make something in the pirate theme and use your chests. They're adorable and so creative.
CrunchyCreamySw says
Not a problem! And thank you!
bellalimento says
Oh my goodness! So clever!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thanks, Paula!
Angie says
Ok now those are absolutely the cutest things ever!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you, Angie!
Susan says
Can you make it one big treasure chest? Has anyone tried it?
Anna says
Hi Susan! It should work as long as you plan and have enough rice krispies treats!
Amy says
Are you kidding me with this? This will be the cutest thing I see all day...probably all week!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Haha! Thank so much, Amy!
Nanny says
This is adorable! I bet kids go crazy for this little treat 🙂
CrunchyCreamySw says
Yes, they loved it! Thanks, Brandy!
Annie Miller says
What a cute idea for a kids party! Although, depending on the treasure inside, this adult might just pillage the loot! Aaarg!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Haha! I love it! Thanks, Annie!
Nancy says
Anna, these are so creative and adorable! I love the piping on the chests - it's perfect, especially the little lock. Those are some chewy lookin' rice krispies square - I love when they're packed full of marshmallow. Ain't nobody got time for dry rice krispies squares!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you so much, Nancy!
cheri says
You are so clever, absolutely adore these.
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you, Cheri!
Carrie says
I had to click over to see what was in the chest. Cute!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thanks, Carrie!
Meriem says
These are the absolute cutest things I have seen in a long time! How brilliant of you to use rice krispie treats!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Aww, thank you, Meriem!
Amanda says
Anna, these are BEYOND adorable! You're so creative!
CrunchyCreamySw says
Thank you, Amanda!